The 2019 MEC Hackathon featured developer teams building mobile applications using ETSI MEC APIs to test advanced services in MEC-enabled 5G networks, with winners in London and Shenzhen demonstrating solutions like the latency-optimized Rehearsal Room app. These events highlighted the practical benefits of real MEC platforms and interoperable systems, showcasing how open standards can reduce latency and enable new edge computing use cases. ETSI ISG MEC continues to extend its tenure and develop test specifications to ensure multi-vendor compliance and promote wider adoption of MEC APIs across the industry.
Keywords: MEC APIs, edge computing, interoperability, remote rehearsal, multi-vendor